Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 6 (ICSE) · Science
Chapter: Chapter 17 — Chapter 17: The Digestive System
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. Where does digestion begin? [1]
(A) The mouth
(B) The stomach
(C) The small intestine
(D) The large intestine
2. What do teeth do? [1]
(A) Break down food
(B) Absorb nutrients
(C) Produce saliva
(D) Nothing useful
3. What does saliva start breaking down? [1]
(A) Starches
(B) Only proteins
(C) Only fats
(D) Nothing
4. What connects the mouth to the stomach? [1]
(A) The oesophagus
(B) The small intestine
(C) The large intestine
(D) The liver
5. What does the stomach use to break down food? [1]
(A) Acids and enzymes
(B) Only water
(C) Only air
(D) Nothing
6. Where are nutrients absorbed? [1]
(A) The small intestine
(B) The mouth
(C) The oesophagus
(D) The stomach only
7. What does the large intestine absorb? [1]
(A) Water
(B) Only nutrients
(C) Only fat
(D) Nothing
8. What does the large intestine also do? [1]
(A) Forms waste
(B) Produces saliva
(C) Chews food
(D) Nothing
9. Where does digestion begin? [1]
(A) The mouth
(B) The stomach
(C) The small intestine
(D) The large intestine
10. What do teeth do? [1]
(A) Break down food
(B) Absorb nutrients
(C) Produce saliva
(D) Nothing useful
11. What does saliva start breaking down? [1]
(A) Starches
(B) Only proteins
(C) Only fats
(D) Nothing
12. What connects the mouth to the stomach? [1]
(A) The oesophagus
(B) The small intestine
(C) The large intestine
(D) The liver
13. What does the stomach use to break down food? [1]
(A) Acids and enzymes
(B) Only water
(C) Only air
(D) Nothing
14. Where are nutrients absorbed? [1]
(A) The small intestine
(B) The mouth
(C) The oesophagus
(D) The stomach only
15. What does the large intestine absorb? [1]
(A) Water
(B) Only nutrients
(C) Only fat
(D) Nothing
16. What does the large intestine also do? [1]
(A) Forms waste
(B) Produces saliva
(C) Chews food
(D) Nothing